Jump to content

  • Quick Navigation
Photo

How many samples need to be taken for minimum weight records?

Share this

  • You cannot start a new topic
  • Please log in to reply
1 reply to this topic

Laura982

    Grade - Active

  • IFSQN Active
  • 4 posts
  • 0 thanks
0
Neutral

  • United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

Posted 01 November 2023 - 11:32 AM

We pack all products to minimum weight. We currently record one check of each run, however on a recent audit we were asked to statistically record the weight. We run about 40 different products and pack by hand, the most of one product produced is around 120. Having checked on TS the information is all about average weight and states that minimum weight doesn't need to be recorded!

 

How many samples would you expect to be taken & recorded?

 

Many thanks



Evans X.

    Grade - SIFSQN

  • IFSQN Senior
  • 331 posts
  • 157 thanks
116
Excellent

  • Greece
    Greece
  • Gender:Male
  • Interests:Food safety, Lab quality, Reading, Online&board gaming, Movies&series, Basketball.

Posted 01 November 2023 - 12:01 PM

Greetings Laura,

 

There are no directions as to how many samples taken would satisfy your auditor, but you could use the attached "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations" as a general guide (main focus would be pages 15 and 17). It concerns the e marking, but it is useful as a reference for your statistical analysis and the reasoning on how many samples you will take per batch.

Attached Files


Edited by Evans X., 01 November 2023 - 12:02 PM.




Share this

0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users